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The Light That Brings The Dawn

By Mary Diamond 20 January 2010chores, depression, winter, work, writing, _Life2 Comments

Once upon a time, I dreamed of becoming an author and making a living just telling stories and writing pages of something somebody somewhere would really enjoy reading. I know I still have it in me, but there's always a mess somewhere or a screaming child or a dog licking the couch or a phone ringing off the hook.

Paranoia cha-cha-cha

By Mary Diamond 22 September 2009bad luck, Po' Folks, _Life

Tip #1 - Never leave the house hungry -no matter where you're going. It'll only make you feel more needy if your broke, and if you've got any money at all you'll end up spending it on something you don't need. It just happens this way.

Write. Write? RIGHT!

By Mary Diamond 2 September 2009change, depression, hope, work, writing, _Life

I feel the need to write lately. Not just the usual "Oh my god I can't wait to post a journal entry about this experience" or "I'm gonna Tweet this…

That Which Is Void is Precisely Form

By Mary Diamond 31 August 2009books, camus, change, existance, existentialism, Kids, kierkegaard, philosophy, school, spirit, watts, zen, _Life

The thing is to understand myself, to see what God really wishes me to do: the thing is to find a truth which is true for me, to find the idea for which I can live and die. ... I certainly do not deny that I still recognize an imperative of knowledge and that through it one can work upon men, but it must be taken up into my life, and that is what I now recognize as the most important thing.

It isn’t just the heat…

By Mary Diamond 23 June 2009camping, heat, Kids, mom, money, summer, _Life

It's tough being a broke adult, after all the places I got to visit with my parents as a kid. Maybe it was because I was an only child -or because both my parents were fairly good at keeping their finances in order. Unfortunately, neither of them ever took the time to sit me down and explain it to me.

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By Mary Diamond 3 January 2009

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Keeping the Faith

By Mary Diamond 25 September 2008faith, family, future, gods, jobs, money, omens, opportunity, work, _Life

It's strange how attached we become to the definitions we're familiar with. A lot of my fellow pagans cringe when I use the word "faith" or "sin" because they are…